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Study title

Finnish EU Attitudes 1996

Creator

Centre for Finnish Business and Policy Studies (EVA)
Yhdyskuntatutkimus

Study number / PID

FSD1054 (FSD)

urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD1054 (URN)

10.60686/t-fsd1054 (DOI)

Data access

Restricted

Series

Finnish EU Attitudes 1992-2012

The research series, launched by the Finnish Business and Policy Forum (EVA) in 1992, studies Finnish public opinion on EU integration. Views are probed on Finland's EU membership, the future and enlargement of the EU, European economic and fiscal policy, EMU, the European Parliament, Finnish security policy, EU subsidies and European integration as a whole. In addition, the surveys canvass citizen satisfaction with the availability of EU-related information, as well as with the way the Finnish Government and Parliament have handled EU issues. Starting from 2001, the surveys also cover...

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Abstract

The survey was carried out just before the European Parliamentary elections, and focuses on Finnish attitudes towards the European Union, internationalisation, and the European Parliament. In addition, the dataset also carried various themes connected with the European Parliamentary elections. The respondents were first asked how interested they were in matters related to the Finnish EU membership, how well they thought they were informed about these matters, and what consequences the Finnish EU membership had had in Finland. In addition, the respondents were asked what kind of goals Finland should pursue as a EU member country, what kind of consequences the eventual EU enlargement to the Eastern Europe would have, and should the EU expand or get closer together in the coming years. Furthermore, the respondents were asked to assess various propositions concerning Finland's membership in the EU, the EMU, and economic subsidies provided by the Union. In relation to the elections, the respondents were asked how sure they were about going to vote in the municipal elections and in the European Parliamentary elections, and which factor was more important as regards the voting decision, the candidate's party or sex. Background variables included the respondent's gender, age group, size of municipality of residence, province of residence, education, professional group, field of enterprise, membership in trade union organisations, and which party R would vote for if the parliamentary elections were held at that time.

Topics

Social sciencesGovernment, political systems and organisationsInternational politics and organisationsPolitical behaviour and attitudes

Keywords

European integrationEuropean monetary systemEuropean Parliament electionsEuropean UnionVoting behaviour

Methodology

Data collection period

01/08/1996 - 17/09/1996

Country

Finland

Time dimension

Longitudinal: Trend/Repeated cross-section

Analysis unit

Individual

Universe

Finnish population aged 18-70 years

Excludes: the Åland Islands

Sampling procedure

Probability: Simple random

Kind of data

Quantitative

Data collection mode

Self-administered questionnaire: Paper

Access

Publisher

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Publication year

2001

Terms of data access

The dataset is (B) available for research, teaching and study.

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